A 47-year-old woman was found murdered at her Malwani residence on Tuesday morning while her jewellery and cash worth Rs 1.5 lakh were taken, presumably by the killer. Malwani police have registered a murder and robbery case against unknown people.

An officer privy to the investigation said the deceased, Kanchan Ajay Singh alias Kanchan Pramod Gupta, lived in Malwani with her son Deepak, 25, who works at a call centre. In his complaint, Deepak said, "After I returned home from work at 6.30am, I found my mother lying on the floor. I tried to resuscitate her but my efforts were futile."